Conformity

Thirty..forty stories? Always at least seven stacked next to each other, and by plane, I could see nearly twenty identical apartments. Although it makes perfect sense, considering the amount of flat land in korea (barely 30%)...it adds a heavy feeling to the city streets, as if they are leaning their elbows on the smaller, older houses and restaurants. Waiting for them to collapse so that more white towers can take over. Am I personifying beyond the legal limit?

Details of Daegu

August 20th 2006
Just a sunday walk around the neighborhood. Although only a four-minute taxi ride from downtown, I can stroll for ten minutes south and find the Children's Hall -- a museum/large play area for families. Behind the museum and the brick paths, I walked up toward a convent-looking building, and then up past a playing field and field house, and up into the woods. When I followed a path it swirled m ... read more

Asia » South Korea

Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more

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